Natural Rubber Patents (Class 524/575.5)
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Publication number: 20110163656Abstract: A method of manufacturing a thin film, including: mixing carbon nanofibers into an elastomer including an unsaturated bond or a group having affinity to the carbon nanofibers, and dispersing the carbon nanofibers by applying a shear force to obtain a carbon fiber composite material; mixing the carbon fiber composite material and a solvent to obtain a coating liquid; and applying the coating liquid to a substrate to form a thin film.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 9, 2011Publication date: July 7, 2011Applicant: NISSIN KOGYO CO., LTD.Inventors: Toru Noguchi, Akira Magario
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Patent number: 7968630Abstract: The present invention is directed to a pneumatic tire having at least one component including a sulfur vulcanizable rubber composition, the rubber composition including at least one diene based rubber and at least one zinc porphyrin compound.Type: GrantFiled: September 8, 2005Date of Patent: June 28, 2011Assignee: The Goodyear Tire & Rubber CompanyInventors: Carlo Kanz, Uwe Ernst Frank
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Patent number: 7968631Abstract: The present invention is directed to a pneumatic tire having at least one component including a sulfur vulcanizable rubber composition, the rubber composition including at least one diene based rubber and at least one zinc naphthalocyanine compound.Type: GrantFiled: September 8, 2005Date of Patent: June 28, 2011Assignee: The Goodyear Tire & Rubber CompanyInventors: Carlo Kanz, Uwe Ernst Frank
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Publication number: 20110144233Abstract: A process for modifying natural rubber and modified natural rubber with improved processing performance. The process for modifying natural rubber includes at least the following process steps: comminuting the natural rubber in a first process step; blending and purifying the natural rubber in a second process step; further comminuting the natural rubber in a third process step; and, drying the natural rubber in a fourth process step. The modified natural rubber is modified by at least four process steps.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 16, 2011Publication date: June 16, 2011Inventors: Sandra Stollberg, Hajo Weinreich
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Publication number: 20110112217Abstract: Accordingly, the invention provides a process for the preparation of an artificial latex, comprising the steps: (a) emulsification of a cement comprising a rubber dissolved in a suitable organic solvent, together with an aqueous surfactant solution, thus forming an oil-in-water emulsion; (b) step-wise reduction of the solvent content of the oil-in-water emulsion in two or more stages resulting in an artificial latex. In addition, the invention provides a continuous stirred vessel for removing an organic solvent from an oil-in-water emulsion comprising rubber dissolved in an organic solvent.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 6, 2009Publication date: May 12, 2011Applicant: KRATON POLYMERS U.S. LLCInventors: Arwin W. van der Waal, Marc S. Sonderman, Stephen W. Bourne, Adrie A. van der Huizen, Alexandre Rodrigues da Silva, David H. Brooks
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Rubber mixture comprising environmentally friendly softeners cross reference to related applications
Publication number: 20110112213Abstract: The invention relates to a rubber mixture, in particular for vehicle air-inflated tires, seat belts, belts and hoses. The rubber mixture is characterized by the following composition: at least one polar or non-polar rubber and at least one bright and/or dark filler and at least one softener, wherein the softener is free of polycyclic aromatics according to Directive 76/769/EEC, and wherein the carbon source for the softener comes from non-fossil sources, and other additives.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 13, 2011Publication date: May 12, 2011Inventors: Carla Recker, Thorsten Reese, Jens Schöning -
Publication number: 20110104378Abstract: The present invention pertains to a water-redispersible polymer powder based on at least one modified natural latex. The modified natural latex can be obtained by mixing natural latex with at least one radical initiator and/or oxidising agent, by mixing and reacting natural latex with at least one olefinically unsaturated monomer and with at least one radical initiator, and/or by mixing natural latex with at least one filler. Preferably, the polymer powder contains up to about 95 wt. % of least one natural latex, about 0 to 50 wt. % of at least one protective colloid, about 2 to 70 wt. % of at least one filler and/or anti-caking agent, as well as optionally further additives. In addition, the invention pertains to a process for the preparation of the polymer powder, the use thereof as an additive in building material compositions, as well as building material compositions containing the polymer powder.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 25, 2009Publication date: May 5, 2011Applicant: AKZO NOBEL N.V.Inventors: Hongli Willimann, Hans Wicki, Urs Heini, Alexander Zapf, Robert Koelliker
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Publication number: 20110097503Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure include processes for autodepositing a coating on a metal surface, a method of producing a coating on a non-stainless steel metal substrate surface, and an alkaline coating composition, where the process for autodepositing a coating on a metal substrate surface includes immersing at least a portion of the metal substrate surface in a coating composition that includes a latex and an amount of base sufficient to raise the pH of the composition to an alkaline pH, where the coating autodeposits on the metal substrate surface, as metal ions from the metal substrate surface interact with the alkaline coating composition.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 6, 2009Publication date: April 28, 2011Applicant: Arkema Inc.Inventors: Gregory D. Shay, David J. Brennan, Herbert F. Davis
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Patent number: 7902289Abstract: The present invention provides a rubber composition for coating a belt layer steel cord, which inhibits separation from the steel cord when running the tire. Specifically, the present invention provides a rubber composition for coating a belt layer steel cord comprising (A) 2.5 to 4 parts by weight of sulfur, (B) 0.5 to 5 parts by weight of resorcin or modified resorcin condensate, (C) 0.3 to 3 parts by weight of partial condensate of hexamethylol melamine pentamethyl ether or partial condensate of hexa methoxy methylol melamine, and (D) organic acid cobalt, based on 100 parts by weight of a rubber component; wherein the cobalt content in the organic acid cobalt (D) is 0.05 to 0.8 part by weight based on 100 parts by weight of the rubber component, and a steel cord obtained by coating with the rubber composition.Type: GrantFiled: January 28, 2005Date of Patent: March 8, 2011Assignee: Sumitomo Rubber Industries, Ltd.Inventor: Tatsuya Miyazaki
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Publication number: 20110054116Abstract: Provided are a rubber composition which is improved in dispersion of silica into a rubber composition and improved in both of a low heat build-up and abrasion resistance and which is suitable as a tire tread member and a tire prepared by using the same. In a rubber composition compounded with precipitated silica, a cetyltrimethylammonium bromide-adsorbing specific surface area (CTAB) (m2/g) and the mode Aac (mm) in diameters of primary aggregates determined by acoustic measurement of particle size distribution satisfy equation (I) shown below: Aac??0.76×(CTAB)+274 and further an ignition loss (mass reduction % when heated at 750° C. for 3 hours) and a heating loss (mass reduction % when heated at 105° C.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 19, 2009Publication date: March 3, 2011Applicant: BRIDGESTONE CORPORATIONInventors: Yuuta Hoshino, Takako Miyazaki, Kazunon Kaneda
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Patent number: 7893147Abstract: There is provided a radial tire reducing rolling resistance by having a breaker cushion or a side wall packing comprising a rubber composition in which the loss tangent tan ? is reduced and the complex elastic modulus E* and the fracture feature are improved in good balance. A radial tire having a breaker cushion or a side wall packing comprising a rubber composition containing 20 to 55 parts by weight of carbon black having an iodine adsorption amount of 25 to 75 mg/g and a DBP oil absorption amount of 110 to 150 ml/100 g and 5 to 30 parts by weight of silica having a BET specific surface area of 115 to 200 m2/g based on 100 parts by weight of a rubber component.Type: GrantFiled: March 17, 2006Date of Patent: February 22, 2011Assignee: Sumitomo Rubber Industries, Ltd.Inventor: Hirotoshi Otsuki
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Patent number: 7884156Abstract: An elastomer composition includes an elastomer and a carbon black, wherein the carbon black is characterized as having a COAN of between about 90 and 150 ml/100 g, a BET of between 50 and 69 m2/g and a distribution index DI that is greater than 1.15, wherein the DI is a ratio of dw to dmode. In particular embodiments, the elastomer may be selected from one or more natural rubbers, one or more synthetic rubbers or combinations thereof. For example, the one or more synthetic rubbers may be selected from styrene butadiene rubber, butadiene rubber, polyisoprene rubber, butyl rubber or combinations thereof. Products made from the elastomer composition include tires and other products, particularly tires that include a sidewall, a carcass, a carcass reinforcement, tread and/or an undertread comprising the elastomeric composition.Type: GrantFiled: May 1, 2007Date of Patent: February 8, 2011Assignees: Michelin Recherche et Technique, Societe de Technologie MichelinInventor: Jesse J. Arnold
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Patent number: 7879934Abstract: A rubber composition is disclosed wherein the rubber composition contains at least an effective amount of at least one substituted or unsubstituted diaryl amine-containing compound having at least one substituted or unsubstituted, saturated or partially saturated C5-C30 ring structure optionally containing one or more heteroatoms fused to at least one of the aryl rings.Type: GrantFiled: August 16, 2007Date of Patent: February 1, 2011Assignee: Chemtura CorporationInventors: Theodore E. Nalesnik, John Kounavis, Joseph Stieber
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Publication number: 20110021664Abstract: A method of producing an elastomer composite. The method includes A) combining a first fluid comprising elastomer latex with a second fluid comprising particulate filler; B) causing the elastomer latex to coagulate, thereby forming masterbatch crumb; C) bringing the masterbatch crumb to a water content of about 1 weight percent to about 20 weight percent, thereby forming a dewatered coagulum; D) removing water from the dewatered coagulum by subjecting the dewatered coagulum to mechanical energy, thereby causing the dewatered coagulum to heat as a result of friction, while allowing the dewatered coagulum to achieve a temperature of about 130° C. to about 190° C., wherein water content is reduced to about 0.5% to about 3% and wherein substantially all of the decrease in water content is accomplished by evaporation, thereby producing a masticated masterbatch; and E) subjecting the masticated masterbatch to at least an additional 0.3 MJ/kg of mechanical energy while further reducing the water content.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 5, 2009Publication date: January 27, 2011Applicant: CABOT CORPORATIONInventors: Meng-Jiao Wang, Ting Wang, Michael D. Morris, Xuan Zhang, Martin C. Green, Vijay R. Tirumala
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Publication number: 20100317795Abstract: A rubber composition based on at least one diene elastomer, containing less than 2 phr of zinc, phr meaning parts per hundred parts of rubber (elastomer), and based on at least one reinforcing filler and one sulphur-based crosslinking system, comprising a zinc carboxylate of formula: (RCOO)2Zn, in which R represents a hydrocarbon group chosen from cyclic or non-cyclic, linear or branched alkyl groups having 1 to 16 carbon atoms, aryl groups, aralkyl groups or alkaryl groups having 1 to 16 carbon atoms. Also disclosed is a process for preparing such a rubber composition which is suitable for manufacturing tires or semi-finished products made of rubber intended for these tires.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 21, 2007Publication date: December 16, 2010Inventors: José Carlos Araujo Da Silva, Anne Veyland
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Publication number: 20100311898Abstract: The present invention is to provide a production method of a natural rubber master batch including a step of mixing a natural rubber latex and an aqueous slurry having carbon black dispersed in water, wherein a mixing amount of the carbon black is from 10 to 100 parts by mass based on 100 parts by mass of a natural rubber component; and the carbon black is satisfied with the relationships expressed by (1) 120<CTAB adsorption specific surface area<160, (2) 50<24M4DBP<100, and (3) 75<toluene discoloration transmittance<95. Also, the present invention is to provide a natural rubber master batch obtained by the subject production method. Furthermore, the present invention is to provide a rubber composition using the foregoing natural rubber master batch and a tire using the subject rubber composition.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 25, 2008Publication date: December 9, 2010Applicant: BRIDGESTONE CORPORATIONInventors: Hiroshi Yamada, Atsushi Nakayama, Tomohiro Urata
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Publication number: 20100298488Abstract: Provided is a rubber composition comprising an inorganic filler, a compound having at least one group A reacting with a rubber and two or more groups B adsorbing on the inorganic filler described above in the same molecule, a compound having the group A reacting with a rubber and an amino group in the same molecule or acrylate or methacrylate having a specific structure and further comprising, if necessary, a silane coupling agent. This makes it possible to provide a rubber composition which is excellent in the dispersibility of an inorganic filler, so that it does not elevate a viscosity of a non-vulcanized rubber and does not damage the processability and which does not bring about roughening on the surface of a rubber and is improved in a storage modulus.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 4, 2010Publication date: November 25, 2010Applicants: BRIDGESTONE CORPORATION, KAO CORPORATIONInventors: Daisuke NOHARA, Masaaki Tsuchihashi, Isao Nishi, Tetsuo Takano
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Publication number: 20100280168Abstract: The invention relates to a composition containing at least one plasticizer and silicon dioxide particles having an average particle size of 150 nm or less. According to the invention, the proportion of silicon dioxide particles is from 10 to 80% by weight and the proportion of plasticizer is from 90 to 20% by weight, where the sum of the proportions of silicon dioxide particles and of the plasticizer is at least 80% by weight. The invention makes it possible to mix nanoparticles into any polymeric materials in a simple way.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 29, 2008Publication date: November 4, 2010Applicant: NANORESINS AGInventor: Uwe Dietrich Kühner
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Patent number: 7825185Abstract: The present invention provides natural rubber latex in which glucans being polysaccharides contained in the latex are decomposed by treating the natural rubber latex with an ?- and/or ?-glucan decomposing enzyme such as amylase and cellulose and in which non-rubber components are subjected to suited enzyme treatment, and it provides natural rubber which is maintained in physical properties such as revelation of strain induced crystallization, an accelerating effect, an antioxidant effect and a vulcanization-accelerating effect and which is improved particularly in an abrasion resistance and a low hysteresis loss property, a production process for the same and a rubber composition and a tire using such natural rubber.Type: GrantFiled: December 8, 2003Date of Patent: November 2, 2010Assignee: Bridgestone CorporationInventor: Hajime Kondou
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Patent number: 7798190Abstract: A carcass reinforcement for a tire which is intended to bear heavy loads, comprising a composite fabric which comprises a rubber composition of reduced hysteresis and metal cables reinforcing the composition. The elastomeric matrix thereof comprises natural rubber or a synthetic polyisoprene in a majority proportion, and a reinforcing filler comprising a carbon black which meets all of the following conditions: (i) 45?CTAB specific surface area in m2/g (in accordance with Standard ASTM D3765-80)?70, (ii) 45?BET specific surface area in m2/g (in accordance with Standard ASTM D4820-93)?70, (iii) 45?iodine adsorption index IA in mg/g (in accordance with Standard ASTM D1510-81)?70, (iv) ratio (BET surface area/index IA)?1.07, (v) 115?DBP structure value in ml/100 g (in accordance with Standard ASTM D2414-93)?170, (vi) 85 nm?Stokes diameter dst in nm?145, where dst is the diameter of aggregates corresponding to the maximum frequency of the Stokes diameters in a distribution of aggregates, and (vii) D50/dst?0.Type: GrantFiled: July 8, 2008Date of Patent: September 21, 2010Assignee: Michelin-Recherche Et Technique S.A.Inventor: Brigitte Chauvin
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Publication number: 20100234525Abstract: There is disclosed a method and compounds for treating floor tiles to make them dust proof. Treated tiles by said method and compounds acquire the property of not collecting dust after dust storms in dusty regions and having a clean appearance. The disclosed method comprises coating of said tiles with said chemical compounds by rubbing to create a thin transparent protective sealing layer which prevents the sticking of dust particles that are eventually swept away by winds. The disclosed method is simple and the disclosed compounds are widely available and cheap. Furthermore, the invention saves money and effort of continuously cleaning in dusty regions.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 12, 2009Publication date: September 16, 2010Inventor: Tareq Abduljalil Albahri
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Publication number: 20100222488Abstract: This invention relates to an oil-extended natural rubber capable of improving a tensile strength and a wear resistance of a rubber composition, and more particularly to an oil-extended natural rubber formed by adding an emulsified extension oil to a natural rubber latex and further coagulating and drying them. An amount of the extension oil added is preferable to be within a range of 5-80% by mass based on a rubber component in the natural rubber latex and the oil-extended natural rubber is preferable to have a weight average molecular weight as converted to polystyrene of a rubber component of not less than 1,500,000.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 25, 2007Publication date: September 2, 2010Applicant: BRIDGESTONE CORPORATIONInventor: Hajime Kondo
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Patent number: 7786208Abstract: This invention provides a method for producing a modified natural rubber masterbatch, which comprises the step of mixing a modified natural rubber latex, which is formed by adding a polar group-containing monomer to a natural rubber latex to graft-polymerize the polar group-containing monomer onto a natural rubber molecule in the natural rubber latex, with a slurry solution formed by previously dispersing a filler into water, and a modified natural rubber masterbatch produced by the method and capable of highly improving a low loss factor, a wear resistance and fracture characteristics of a rubber composition.Type: GrantFiled: November 18, 2005Date of Patent: August 31, 2010Assignee: Bridgestone CorporationInventor: Hajime Kondou
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Publication number: 20100190907Abstract: A rubber composition for tires, which includes a rubber component containing a natural rubber component consisting of at least either a natural rubber or an epoxidized natural rubber, and an inorganic filler containing silica, and a pneumatic tire using such a rubber composition for tires are provided. The rubber composition can be used as a rubber composition for clinch apex, and in this case, the rubber component preferably consists of the natural rubber component, with the inorganic filler being contained in a range of 50 to 80 parts by mass and carbon black being contained in a range of 2 to 5 parts by mass relative to 100 parts by mass of the rubber component.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 7, 2008Publication date: July 29, 2010Inventors: Yoichi Mizuno, Toshikazu Kondo
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Publication number: 20100184908Abstract: It is an object of the present invention to lessen strain dependency of hardness of a tread rubber used for a studless tire, have good performance on snow and ice while securing rigidity on non-snow roads, and improve abrasion resistance. The present invention provides a rubber composition for tread used for a studless tire comprising 30 to 150 parts by weight as a total of (1) silica with a nitrogen absorption specific surface area of at most 100 m2/g and (2) silica with a nitrogen absorption specific surface area of at least 180 m2/g based on 100 parts by weight of a rubber component in which a content of a natural rubber and/or a polybutadiene rubber is at least 80% by weight, wherein contents of silica (1) and silica (2) satisfy the formula below: [Content of silica (1)]×0.2?[Content of silica (2)]?[Content of silica (1)]×6.5, tan ? peak temperature Tg is at most ?50° C., and rubber hardness at 0° C. is at most 64.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 1, 2008Publication date: July 22, 2010Applicant: SUMITOMO RUBBER INDUSRIES LTD.Inventors: Naohiko Kikuchi, Ryoji Kojima
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Publication number: 20100163150Abstract: A rubber composition for a tire includes a rubber component containing at least one of a natural rubber and an epoxidized natural rubber, silica and a natural based wax, wherein the silica is contained in an amount of 10 parts by mass or more based on 100 parts by mass of the rubber component and the natural based wax is contained in an amount of 1.2% by mass or more and 2% by mass or less based on the total mass of the rubber composition for a tire, and to a tread, a side wall, a clinch and a tire using the rubber composition.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 14, 2008Publication date: July 1, 2010Inventors: Tomoaki Hirayama, Takao Wada, Noboru Wakabayashi, Keiji Ikeda
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Publication number: 20100132863Abstract: The present invention provides a rubber composition that is used for forming a ply having superior processability upon preparation thereof, with a reduced hysteresis loss, a clinch that is capable of achieving both of good physical characteristics, such as rigidity, hardness and mechanical strength, and improvements in processability and a tread that has high rigidity with a small hysteresis loss and is superior in processability upon preparation thereof, while reducing the amount of use of materials derived from petroleum resources, and a pneumatic tire provided with these. The ply, the clinch apex and the tread are made from a rubber composition that has 100 parts by mass of a rubber component composed of a natural rubber and/or a modified natural rubber, and 25 to 80 parts by mass of silica having a BET specific surface area of not more than 150 m2/g, and the pneumatic tire is provided with these.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 27, 2008Publication date: June 3, 2010Inventors: Takashi Miki, Keiji Ikeda
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Publication number: 20100119715Abstract: The invention relates to a method for the production of a tire sealant (C) with a polymeric base. A highly viscous first sealant component (A) (including a natural rubber component that is undiluted or diluted with at least one additional natural rubber component and mixture ingredients that are free of a solvent and an activator) is mixed with at least one second sealant component (B) (comprising a separately produced medium with low viscosity containing at least one activator), to combine to the tire sealant (C), wherein a cross linking occurs associated with the subsequent application of the tire sealant (C) to the inside of the tire. Appropriate method steps are disclosed.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 23, 2009Publication date: May 13, 2010Inventors: Stefan Sostmann, Martin Welzhofer, Joe Guardalabene, Casper Van De Pol
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Publication number: 20100113684Abstract: A method for producing a rubber composition, the method including: preparing a modified natural rubber by releasing protein from rubber particles in a natural rubber latex by adding at least one organic compound selected from formaldehyde, paraformaldehyde, formalin, and glyoxal to the above mentioned natural rubber latex and then drying so as to include the released protein therein; and mixing at least one selected from carbon black and silica in this modified natural rubber. Such method reduces viscosity and improves molding processibility of the rubber composition, as well as reducing hysteresis loss.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 4, 2009Publication date: May 6, 2010Inventors: Takashi Matsuda, Makoto Ashiura, Tetsuji Kawazura
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Publication number: 20100108239Abstract: A tire composition with a Shore A hardness, according to DIN 53 505 and ASTM D2240, of not less than 40 and not greater than 95 and a glass-transition temperature Tg (E?max), according to DIN 53 513 with a specified temperature sweep of ?80° C. to +80° C. and a specified compression of 10+0.2% at 10 Hz, not less than ?80° C. and not greater than 0° C., with improved abrasion performance, in particular for pneumatic tires, has the following composition: at least one vulcanizable diene rubber selected from natural rubbers, synthetic polyisoprene rubbers, polyisobutylene rubbers, polybutadiene rubbers (BR), and random styrene-butadiene rubbers; from 35 to 300 phr of at least one active filler selected from carbon blacks, silicas, silicon based fillers, and metal oxides, of which at least 10 phr must be carbon blacks, silicas, or some combination thereof; from 0 to 250 phr of other or further additives; from 0.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 30, 2008Publication date: May 6, 2010Inventors: Carla Recker, William Michael York, Thomas Kramer, Katharina Herzog, Boris Mergell, Richard W. Cruse
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Publication number: 20100105827Abstract: A method for producing a modified conjugated diene polymer includes a step (A) carrying out a primary modification reaction that reacts a heterocumulene compound having two or more specific functional groups with a conjugated diene polymer having a vinyl content of below 10% and a cis-1,4-bond content of 75% or more and possessing an active end to obtain a primary-modified conjugated diene polymer, and a step (B) carrying out a secondary modification reaction that reacts an active hydrogen-containing compound that includes one or more functional groups selected from the group consisting of an amino group, an imino group, a mercapto group, and a hydroxyl group with the primary-modified conjugated diene polymer to obtain a secondary-modified conjugated diene polymer. The method can produce a modified conjugated diene polymer that exhibits low heat build-up (low fuel consumption) and excellent wear resistance.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 27, 2007Publication date: April 29, 2010Applicant: JSR CORPORATIONInventors: Ryouji Tanaka, Kouichirou Tani, Takuo Sone, Toshihiro Tadaki
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Publication number: 20100098930Abstract: A composition for use in a fiber modified layer, comprising an aggregate material, a binder, and a plurality of fibers, wherein each fiber has a length of greater than 0.25 inches. Also provided is a method of selecting a fiber modified layer for applying on an existing surface, comprising the steps of: providing a binder mixture having an effective amount of an aggregate material, a binder, and a plurality of fibers, wherein each of the plurality of fibers has a length greater than 0.25 inches; applying the binder mixture to a selected surface to form a fiber modified proposed layer; testing the fiber modified proposed layer for fatigue or crack resistant properties; and selecting the binder mixture for application on the existing surface for performance if the fiber modified proposed layer has fatigue or crack resistant properties.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 16, 2008Publication date: April 22, 2010Inventors: Arlis Kadrmas, Renato Ceccovilli
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Patent number: 7678855Abstract: A rubber composition having a high hysteresis loss is provided without impairment of other physical properties, such as fracture characteristics. The rubber composition includes 100 parts by weight of a rubber component, 0.1 to 100 parts by weight of graphitized carbon material, and a lipid the amount of which is 0.02 to 0.2 times the amount of the graphitized carbon material. Preferably, the graphitized carbon material is carbon fiber grown from a vapor phase or graphitized carbon black, and the lipid is a fatty acid. Preferably, the rubber composition according to the present invention has a loss tangent tan ? in the range of 0.05 to 0.5 at a temperature of 60 degree C. after vulcanization.Type: GrantFiled: August 10, 2006Date of Patent: March 16, 2010Assignee: Bridgestone CorporationInventor: Nobumitsu Ohshima
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Patent number: 7671126Abstract: The invention relates to a tire having a tread which contains coal dust to promote a fast wearing tread running surface designed to expel internally heated tread rubber.Type: GrantFiled: December 3, 2008Date of Patent: March 2, 2010Assignee: The Goodyear Tire & Rubber CompanyInventors: Paul Harry Sandstrom, Steven Wayne Cronin, Thomas Charles Lippello, III, Mark Alan Keto, Larry Alan Kraus
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Patent number: 7649036Abstract: Blended compositions and methods for the production of thermoset compositions of soy meal, which has been treated to remove non-thermoplastic materials associated with soy beans, and natural rubber. Also provided is a method for the preparation of a prepared granular soy meal by blowing a gas through a stream of granular natural soy meal to remove hulls and cellulose fiber materials which are lighter than the granular soy meal to provide the prepared granular soy meal for the compositions. The compositions are elastic and can be used in place of rubber bands and the like.Type: GrantFiled: August 10, 2005Date of Patent: January 19, 2010Assignee: Board of Trustees of Michigan State UniversityInventors: Amar K. Mohanty, Qiangxian Wu, Susan Selke
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Publication number: 20090326144Abstract: Disclosed are a method for preparing a fragrant powder composition for a tire, a rubber composition for a tire, which includes the prepared fragrant powder composition for a tire, a rubber containing the prepared fragrant powder composition for a tire, and a tire including the rubber which contains the prepared fragrant powder composition for a tire.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 11, 2009Publication date: December 31, 2009Applicant: KUMHO TIRE CO., INC.Inventors: SUN NY CHO, JE HWAN PARK
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Patent number: 7638567Abstract: In various embodiments, the present inventions provide a rubber composite having an abrasion resistance better than about 125 mm3 under DIN 53516 and comprising a natural rubber, between about 15 to about 25 parts per hundred rubber (PHR) of a butadiene, between about 20 to about 40 PHR of a silica; and between about 0.4 to about 4 PHR of an organosilane polysulfur cross-linking agent. Also provided in various embodiments are multiply rubber materials having a first ply of the above composite and a second thinner ply of a styrene-butadiene rubber.Type: GrantFiled: January 26, 2009Date of Patent: December 29, 2009Assignee: American Biltrite (Canada) Ltd.Inventor: Luc-Lin Lemelin
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Publication number: 20090312476Abstract: The invention relates to rubber mixtures, comprising: (A) at least one rubber, (B) at least one oxidic filler and (C) at least one (haloorganyl)alkylpolyethersilane of the general formula (X)(X?)(X?)Si—R1—Hal. The rubber mixtures can be used for production of mouldings.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 10, 2007Publication date: December 17, 2009Applicant: Evonik Degussa GmbHInventors: Karsten Korth, Andre Hasse, Dirk Laur, Ingo Kiefer, Oliver Klockmann, Philipp Albert, Manuel Friedel
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Publication number: 20090306267Abstract: A rubber mixture with improved abrasion with improved abrasion performance, in particular for pneumatic tires, has the following composition: from 30 to 100 phr of at least one diene rubber; from 0.1 to 10 phr of at least one vulcanization accelerator selected from the group consisting of: thiazole accelerators, mercapto accelerators, sulfenamide accelerators, guanidine accelerators, thiuram accelerators, dithiocarbamate accelerators, amine accelerators, thioureas, and/or other accelerators; and a vulcanization system of sulfur comprising elemental sulfur, sulfur donor and silane between 0.25 and 0.08 moles per 100 parts by weight of the rubber elastometer, whereby the free sulfur contributes in the range of 0 to 70%, the sulfur donor contributes in the range of 5 to 30%, and the silane contributes in the range of 20 to 95%.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 5, 2008Publication date: December 10, 2009Inventors: William Michael York, Carla Recker, Katharina Herzog, Hajo Weinreich, Boris Mergell, Viktoriya Tkachenko, Norbert Mueller, Juergen Wagemann
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Patent number: 7588065Abstract: The subject of the present invention is the use of cohesive, low-hysteresis compositions comprising small amounts of reinforcing fillers to produce profiled filing members arranged in the bottom zone of tires in order to improve the life thereof.Type: GrantFiled: February 10, 2000Date of Patent: September 15, 2009Assignee: Michelin Recherche et Technique, S.A.Inventor: Frédéric Serre
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Publication number: 20090221744Abstract: A process is presented for the preparation of a high-cohesion non-thermoplastic pressure-sensitive adhesive (PSA) on the basis of elastomers, in which neither a solvent nor thermoplastic additives are used and yet thermal breakdown during compounding is kept low. This is achieved through the addition of a vaporizable process agent which is introduced into the adhesive after the constituents have been premixed and which undergoes flash vaporization therein, thereby quenching the adhesive. Furthermore, the use of water to cool the adhesive is proposed, and the high-cohesion PSA thus produced, and also a pressure-sensitive adhesive tape with an adhesive of this kind, are presented.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 17, 2008Publication date: September 3, 2009Applicant: TESA AGInventors: Sabine Thormeier, Franziska Zmarsly, Christian Kreft, Axel Burmeister
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Publication number: 20090192244Abstract: A rubber latex composition is disclosed having reduced allergenicity. Methods for producing a rubber latex composition having reduced allergenicity are also disclosed.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 20, 2009Publication date: July 30, 2009Inventors: William Doyle, Matthew Clark, Travis Honeycutt
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Publication number: 20090186965Abstract: Provided are elastomeric compositions comprising at least one elastomer and a hydrocarbon polymer additive. Preferably the hydrocarbon polymer additive comprises from 60 to 90% piperylene, from 5 to 15% cyclic components, from 5 to 20% styrenic components, up to 5% isoprene, up to 5% indenic components, and up to 10% amylene. Also provided are elastomeric compositions comprising at least one elastomer and a hydrocarbon polymer additive, wherein the hydrocarbon polymer additive has a molecular weight of from 520 to 650 g/mole and a glass transition temperature (Tg) of from 48 to 53° C. The elastomeric compositions are particularly useful in making tires and other cured rubber articles.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 29, 2008Publication date: July 23, 2009Inventors: Michael B. Rodgers, Anthony J. Dias, Rick Dowell Davis, Thomas R. Barbee, Shawn W. Mowry
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Publication number: 20090143507Abstract: The present invention relates to a vibration-proof rubber composition provided by replacing conventional vulcanization system with a new hybrid crosslinking system and using 2-mercaptobenzimidazole as a component of an aging inhibitor. With optimized proportions of constituents, the present composition provides improved heat resistance, fatigue resistance, and dynamic characteristics.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 20, 2008Publication date: June 4, 2009Applicant: Hyundai Motor CompanyInventor: Yoo Suk Kim
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Patent number: 7501458Abstract: At least one embodiment of the present invention relates to an erasable ink composition particularly useful in a writing instrument for simultaneous the appearance of a graphite pencil. The composition of the present invention comprises a solvent system, a rubber and a pigment. The solvent system used in the present invention comprises an organic ester and a component selected from the group consisting of an optionally substituted cycloalkane, an optionally substituted cycloalkanone, an optionally substituted cycloalkene, or mixtures thereof. A sufficient amount of the solvent system is present so that the erasable ink composition will flow in a writing instrument. Preferably, the erasable ink composition of the present invention includes a pigment comprising graphite and carbon black. Finally, the erasable ink composition optionally includes a plasticizer, a liquid butene, or one or more additives selected from the group consisting of a corrosion inhibitor, a flow enhancing compound, and mixtures thereof.Type: GrantFiled: January 9, 2004Date of Patent: March 10, 2009Assignee: Stylus, Inc.Inventors: Barry Rosenbaum, Frances Fesuk
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Publication number: 20090062413Abstract: The use of high aspect fillers in the production of simulated stone, masonry and brick textured products such as cladding, siding, panels, or other building and construction materials. High aspect fillers increase the dimensional stability, rigidity, thermal and sound insulation. The high aspect fillers may be included into a matrix polymer with or without chemical bonding. The disclosed invention is not limited to products in the building or construction industries and may be applied in the manufacture of a wide variety of products in other industries.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 27, 2008Publication date: March 5, 2009Applicant: Crane Building Products LLCInventors: Ashok M. Adur, Kurt Kuriger, Larry R. Fairbanks, Paul Anthony Crist, Paul J. Mollinger, John P. Frechette
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Polymer resin formulation having anti-microbial or anti-coagulability and preparation method thereof
Patent number: 7491768Abstract: The present invention relates to an anti-microbial or anti-coagulating polymer resin and a method for preparing the same, and a medical appliance or instrument using the same, and more particularly to a method for preparing an anti-microbial or anti-coagulating medical polymer resin comprising the steps of simply mixing a polymer resin with at least one kind of pharmaceutically active material without using a solvent. The pharmaceutically active material is preferably an anti-microbial or anti-coagulant. According to the present invention, an anti-microbial or anti-coagulating material that is safe to a human body is mixed with a polymer resin by simple addition in an environmentally favorable non-solvent method, thereby maintaining superior anti-microbial effects even after high temperature molding, minimizing a released amount of anti-microbial to increase anti-microbial effect durability, and solving a toxic problem in a body.Type: GrantFiled: June 25, 2003Date of Patent: February 17, 2009Inventors: Woong-Sig Moon, Jae-Chul Kim, Youn-Seop Byoun, Kyoo-Hyun Chung, Heun-Soo Kang, Ki-Oh Kong, Jung-Hwa Hwang -
Publication number: 20090036596Abstract: In a rubber-filler composite, the filler is uniformly finely dispersed, thereby improving low heat build-up, fatigue resistance and processability of a rubber composition. The rubber-filler composite is obtained by irradiating a filler slurry containing a filler such as carbon black or silica with high amplitude ultrasonic waves having amplitude of 80 ?m or more to finely disperse the filler in the slurry, and mixing the dispersion-treated filler slurry with a concentrated natural rubber latex while conducting irradiation with high amplitude ultrasonic waves having amplitude of 80 ?m or more, followed by coagulating and drying.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 24, 2008Publication date: February 5, 2009Applicant: Toyo Tire & Rubber Co., Ltd.Inventors: Takashi Miyasaka, Takashi Yuri, Hiroaki Narita, Hirofumi Hayashi
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Publication number: 20090030105Abstract: In a rubber-filler composite, the filler is uniformly finely dispersed, thereby improving low heat build-up, fatigue resistance and processability of a rubber composition. The rubber-filler composite is obtained by irradiating a filler slurry containing a filler such as carbon black or silica with high amplitude ultrasonic waves having amplitude of 80 ?m or more to finely disperse the filler in the slurry, and mixing the dispersion-treated filler slurry with a rubber latex such as a natural rubber latex while conducting irradiation with high amplitude ultrasonic waves having amplitude of 80 ?m or more, followed by coagulating and drying.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 22, 2008Publication date: January 29, 2009Applicant: Toyo Tire & Rubber Co., LtdInventors: Takashi Miyasaka, Takashi Yuri, Hiroaki Narita, Hirofumi Hayashi
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Patent number: 7441574Abstract: The present invention relates to a pneumatic tire including at least one component, said at least one component including a rubber composition, said rubber composition including at least one diene based rubber; and at least one metal organic framework material including divalent zinc and a multidentate organic ligand, wherein the at least one metal organic framework material at least partially incorporates at least one guest additive.Type: GrantFiled: August 17, 2006Date of Patent: October 28, 2008Assignee: The Goodyear Tire & Rubber CompanyInventors: Georges Koster, Claude Ernest Felix Boes, Rene Jean Zimmer, Hans-Bernd Fuchs, Fahri Ozel, Wolfgang Albert Lauer, Lothar Braun